For the first time in nearly a century, France is considering altering the region’s boundaries, and thus what can be considered the real bubbly

An invisible line separates the backwater town of Ventelay, France, from the bubbly opulence of Champagne.

Over there, vineyards of the famed sparkling wine stretch for dozens of miles to the south and east, enriching property owners through the fruits of some of the world’s most valuable agricultural land.